Insider Movements in the Gospels and Acts

In this article, I would like to argue for the validity and usefulness of the “insider movement” concept by demonstrating its existence in the early church. Therefore, I would like to undertake a personal biblical reflection of the Scriptures with specific reference to the Gospels and the Book of Acts. Furthermore, I would like to demonstrate that at the heart of the gospel
from Genesis to Revelation is God’s desire to reconcile every ethnic community through “insiders” in those communities and through mobile apostolic leaders and their teams who would go to every ethnic community. This would not occur through organized religion but through Jesus’ introduction of the kingdom of God. Jesus himself was an insider who inspired
insider movements. His preaching of the kingdom introduced a mindset into the early apostles and the other disciples that would enable them to not only be insiders in their own communities but also to take the gospel to all the ethnic communities of the world, as they lived out a kingdom lifestyle amongst the lost nations.